sounds like a dupe of 554835. seems to be affecting everyone with the 855 chip.
workaround: boot into failsafex or console or whatever sudo su echo "options i915 modeset=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf update-initramfs -u reboot -- Black screen at start up in 10.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572763 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs